1327 The accession of King Edward III. During his long reign of 50 years (the second longest in medieval England) he transformed the country into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe and saw vital developments in legislation and government, in particular the evolution of the English Parliament.
1533The Bishop of Lichfield secretly married King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, the second of Henry's six wives. She had, ten days previously, discovered that she was pregnant.
1554Sir Thomas Wyatt gathered an army of 4000 men in Kent at the start of his rebellion against Queen Mary. His fellow conspirators were timid and inept and he eventually surrendered. He was executed and his body 'quartered' on 11th April.
On 25th January 1559, Humphrey Llwyd, the creator of the Cambriae Typus, the earliest printed map showing only Wales, was elected as MP for East Grinstead for Elizabeth I's first parliament.
Llwyd was born in 1527 at the Foxhall estate in Denbigh and was educated in medicine at Oxford University. He then became the Earl of Arundel's physician before entering into politics.
1995: Russia is close to launching a nuclear counter-attack after it mistakes a Norwegian research rocket, for an incoming US Trident missile. Although the Norwegian scientists had notified thirty countries, including Russia, of their intention to launch a high-altitude scientific experiment aboard a rocket, the information was not passed on to Russia radar technicians.
Music1975: AC/DC storm out of the Sunbury Rock Festival in Victoria, Australia after the preceding act Deep Purple deny the band the use of their lights and PA equipment. After the two band's respective roadies fight on stage AC/DC decide to leave without playing.
King Edward III had 13 (?) children. His eldest, Edward the Black Prince, was killed in battle leaving his 10 years old son to succeed as Richard II. This regency period is what led to the Wars of the Roses.
